Australian Kelsey-Lee Barber has come good when it mattered most to win the bronze medal in the women’s javelin at the Tokyo Olympics.
After struggling for much of the year, the 2019 world champion stepped up again on the biggest stage.
She was guaranteed at least the bronze medal on Friday night before unleashing her final throw.
Barber’s last throw of 64.56m was her biggest of the competition but it was not quite enough to move her any further up the leaderboard.
Liu Shiying from China took the gold with 66.34m and Poland’s Maria Andrejczyk was second with 64.61m.
Kathryn Mitchell was sixth and fellow Australian Mackenzie Little was eighth.
It was the first time that three Australians had finished in the top eight in any field event at Olympic level.
The only other Australian to win an Olympic javelin medal was Louise Currey who took home the gold in Atlanta in 1996.
AAP
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